Elgin-St. Thomas Community Foundation
750 Talbot St, Suite 103 N5P 1E2 Saint Thomas, ON, Canada

Through the Sweetgrass Fund, Elgin-St. Thomas Community Foundation was able to assist the Port Stanley and Area Community Cupboard when this food bank ran into a real problem with its refrigeration and freezing situation. The Biehl Fund also supported the Cupboard located in Christ Anglican Church. Ian McDonald writes, "The first picture is a glass door reconditioned fridge while the second is a new freezer (just in time as one of our freezers just conked out!) Thank you very much for your support . Your generosity has given us much needed tools to keep us helping our clients! Neighbours helping Neighbours!" #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundationsofcanada

Happy to be supporting this project!

Care to comment on this search by HD Painting?

Celebrating International Women's Day ... locally.

Hey, that's our Board Chair. Great to see her getting this much-deserved recognition!

For posts featuring all 21 women, visit the FB page for St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce.

Happy to help fund this!

Your Community Foundation has a new online registration portal for students applying for scholarships. New this year? The Oak Tree Scholarship Fund for residents of Southwold studying in the area of agriculture or the environment. Check out all the scholarships at https://escf.ca/scholarships/ although please note that Barrie Family Scholarships are handled by a committee at St. Joseph's Catholic High School.

Elgin - St. Thomas Community Foundation is assisting the Southwest Region in this initiative. If you organization is interested in applying, click on this link for more information: https://escf.ca/healthy-communities-grants-available/

Not-for-profit and charitable groups: It's been tough to raise funds when you can't talk or meet in person. Here's an online session that can help! Register today: https://escf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/ticket #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundationsofcanada

The Jean and Fred Biehl Fund within Elgin St. Thomas Community Foundation grants to environmental and animal welfare charities, both locally and across Canada. A recent grant to Ecojustice will support causes like a climate lawsuit by seven youth arguing that an alleged failure by the Ontario government to combat climate change is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Through the Emergency Community Support Fund, supported by the Government of Canada, your local Community Foundation was able to grant $6K to Habitat For Humanity's St. Thomas Restore for Personal Protective Equipment during the pandemic. #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundationsofcanada

Great idea to help those who can't afford technology

The Jean and Fred Biehl Fund within Elgin - St. Thomas Community Foundation recently granted a little over $1,000 to the Humane Society of London & Middlesex, just another example of a Community Foundation grant in action. ##communityfoundationsinaction

Tax tips for year-end charitable giving - https://mailchi.mp//tax-tips-for-year-end-charitable-giving

The Jean and Fred Biehl Fund at Elgin-St. Thomas Community Fund has granted $1,000 to Animalalert where three blind kittens recently found an adopted "mom", and the charity saved old dog Stanley who's looking for adoption. Animal Alert joined SafePet Ontario in Nov. #4elgin4ever ,#communityfoundation

75 new cases reported in Oxford-Elgin and 87 new cases and one death in Middlesex-London on Saturday January 2, 2021. The article does not make it clear if all the numbers are one or two day reports.

The Christmas Shoppe volunteers with chair Judy Thorner were pleased to receive $5,000 from the Community Foundation's Sweetgrass, COVID-19 Response, and Frances Tarry COVID-19 Relief Funds. The Shoppe is open one week during December. Agencies and churches send invitations to people who spend $10 on Christmas shopping and receive $100 to $150 in value for their families. #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundation

Gonna find out who's naughty and nice! Best of the season, everyone. #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundationscanada

All the elves went into high gear today so they'd have everything ready for next week's toys and food deliveries to local people who need Christmas cheer. The most recent donation, $500 from the Turnberry Fund within the Community Foundation, helped with this year's campaign.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so generously to help us grow our Great-EST Needs Fund. Since this campaign started, the Fund has grown by over $4,500. We were able to add an additional $500 from the donations over $10,000 to our 100 People Who Care event. So the grand total to date is over $5,000, and donations are still coming in. Thank you!

YWCA St. Thomas Elgin 'Youth Independence Program' received the most votes December 1 during 100 People Who Care and was awarded $10,000 for its Youth Independence project. The project is a classroom-based curriculum with the Thames Valley District School Board intended to teach life skills to at-risk youth entering into homelessness. It will help them to stand on their own two feet and walk toward a better future. Thank you to EVERYONE who donated! Some 11th-hour contributio...ns yesterday meant that we reached 105 donors. All funds over $10,000 are being allocated to the Great-EST Needs Fund within ESCF. Thanks so much to Mike Vecchio for emceeing in style, to young & free press and to Establish Media for our first live-streaming event. #4elgin4ever, #stthomasproud, #elgincounty, #communityfoundation, #100peoplewhocare See more

100 People Who Care will be streaming live at establishmedia.ca/live starting at 6:45 p.m. on December 1. All donors will be emailed a ballot to vote electronically for one of the following charitable projects: - Family YMCA of St. Thomas-Elgin - Lifeguard U Youth Scholarship program - Pearce Williams Summer Camp and Retreat Centre - CALLED Teen Leadership Program - Strong Start Charitable Organization - Letters, Sounds and Words... - YWCA St. Thomas Elgin - Youth Independence Program Thanks to everyone who has donated thus far. To donate online, click here: https://escf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event If we exceed $10K, all additional donations go to the Great-EST Needs Fund. See more

We're getting closer to the $10K. At the first 100 People Who Care event in 2016, the big cheque went to the Kettle Creek Environmental Trust (pictured). Who will it go to this year? Strong Start, Pearce Williams, YW or YM? To donate and thereby register to vote, go to: https://escf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event

Drum roll please ... This year's shortlisted charities in alphabetical order are: - Family YMCA of St. Thomas-Elgin - Lifeguard U Youth Scholarship program - Pearce Williams Summer Camp and Retreat Centre - CALLED Teen Leadership Program - Strong Start Charitable Organization - Letters, Sounds and Words - YWCA St. Thomas Elgin - Youth Independence Program... Thanks to everyone who has donated thus far. To donate online, visit: https://escf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event See more